Blog entries by Taleweaver
Introduction:
Somewhat in the autumn of last year I started going to a board game club. We play a new board game nearly every time, and since I often try to squeeze in some board game in my local circle (girlfriend, family, friends), that amount tends to grow a bit. I've compiled a list of...
I've yapped about the steam deck earlier in blog posts (link to the earlier entries: here). This'll be my last entry, as I feel I would start to repeat myself otherwise. Because TL;DR: it's AWESOME!!!
Intro: Babel's tower
Since I was little, I wanted to have all video games. We traded game boy...
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I'e been at home since june 20th. So my tenth (9.9 to be precise) day away from work. I'm not fine. Not at all. I'm having anxiety attacks and moments of anger. I'm scared, inecured and have moments I just want it all to be over (as in: everything. As in: my life). I've been trying to stay...
(previous entries:
1: https://gbatemp.net/blogs/valve-steam-deck-review-part-one-prior-to-arrival.18904/
2: https://gbatemp.net/blogs/valve-steam-deck-review-part-one-prior-to-arrival.18904/)
Intro:
The more I play, the more I realize why the switch is a success: the ability to quickly start...
(note: part 1 here)
Intro:
So there I was...commuting without the steam deck for the last time. Then cycling the last part home. And yes! The package was right there on the table:
ISLEBOUND!!! :D
Oh...wait. I meant that OTHER package that arrived on the same day (seriously, though: Ryan...
Intro:
It's been a long time since I was hyped by something new in tech. I never preordered a game, always went with at best an average computer and lost my excitement of ever-increasing clock speed somewhere early 00'ties (windows millenium is partially to blame). I looked forward to the...
Yup... Just after two years (and three vaccinations), I'm testing positive for covid - 19. :(
Girlfriend works in the hospital. Despite that they still use masks, it's fairly certain she brought it home last Friday. She wasn't well in the weekend, but only went to the doctor on Monday.
I was...
INTRO
This rant is triggered by - of course - someone being wrong on the internet. Namely that windows is the standard whereas linux is at best a nerdy underdog alternative.
It's really not. I guess I don't have to point out that linux started out as a hobby project that just grew by the merit...
Prenote: I accidentally created this as a new blog instead of an entry. So...I guess it was already visible since last october, but it was somewhere completely different. Take note: it's no longer applicable (I think).
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(note: rant coming up. Feel free to skip)
Ugh...in Belgium, we've had...
INTRO
I've blogged a few times on how girlfriend and me bought a house on the very end of 2018, moved in in april 2019 and then started some pretty extensive house renovations. That is: 2 chimneys and a wall went down, digged 40 cm into the ground in the downstairs corridor, extended kitchen...
Yup: as the title says: this afternoon I got my first vaccination shot. Fucking FINALLY!!! :D
On a rational scale, I can't complain. Just over 52-55% of Belgian adults are now vaccinated, so my wait isn't unusual. still: it wasn't fun seeing the treshold of 50% pass and not thinking that I'm...
I remember when some gbatempers acted as if Trump had all the rights of God on earth because he won the election in 2016. "Criminal behavior? Naaah...you're just jealous because you lost the election". Everyone on the political left of them (meaning: most of the rest of the planet) were just...
March 8 has been my birthday for as long as I can remember. Probably since I was born, in fact. Today's my 40th. And unfortunately, it's not like the day is having a great start.
About two weeks ago
It was just a normal evening. Girlfriend hit the shower, doggy was sleeping on the couch and...
Hi,
I'm Taleweaver. Long term opinionated guy on gbatemp ever since hanging around slightly longer than "just here to find out how to haxxor my wii". Also a (hopefully former) addict to humble bundles. Those of you who frequent the giving/trading area(1) probably know me as "that guy with far...
So...nephew and niece came over for (after)Christmas. Ages respectively 4 and 6. We played Mario kart 8 on the wiiu. Or at least attempted. Honk if this sounds familiar...
Me: *hands controller over to everyone*
Me: okay...let's start a race. Just some basic options (*selects multiplayer, grand...
I've just read Fear, by Bob Woodward. It was available in my library, and an actual book, in Dutch, is still more convenient to read than e-books. It's an interesting read. On Trump I've read The fifth risk (by Lewis), A very stable genius (by Leonnig & Rucker) and Game theory in the age of...
So before all hell broke lose early this year, I thought it’d be a good idea to take a look back at not just the a list of my favorite games of the past ten years but to list up ALL my favorite games. But as soon as I started inventarising, I realised it’d be an impossible task. There is no...
Introduction:
Yup...the yearly tradition no one's waiting for is upon us again: my yearly rundown of my favorite games I've played this year.
Despite this weird year, I really haven't played more games than otherwise. Three reasons compensate for my extra free time:
1) since 17th of January I'm...
INTRODUCTION
Not that long ago, I wrote down a well-meant "fuck you" aimed at anyone who purposefully declined on (ever?) getting vaccinated against corona. And it's easy to write off these people as "less intelligent" or "paranoia", but of course it's never that simple. I mean...my own father...